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    Default time to repair the old umatic

    to see if any content survived on some tapes, encode and decode is here.

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    I see I finally hit 1000 post yippie ya whatever, hopefully spending time around here again will be positive. lurked and stepped out for awhile
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    'Gratz Pardon the ignorance but what is a "umatic" ? I remember a broadcast magnetic tape cart was called something like that from yearz-ago .. similar thing?

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    yep that is it, pre-beta 3/4inch cassette tape.
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    Cool .. What are you going to do w/ it? Do the tapes contain laser shows or music or both?

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    Quote Originally Posted by steve-o View Post
    Cool .. What are you going to do w/ it? Do the tapes contain laser shows or music or both?
    Yes old laser shows very old. The music is also with them 3 channels not just stereo.
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    I think I have a IE tape on VHS or BETA.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mixedgas View Post
    I think I have a IE tape on VHS or BETA.

    Steve
    Well if you are able to find it, please let me know. I have beta, 1inch, VHS and SVHS playback available.
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